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Offline rm-rf

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hello!
« on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 15:20:47 »
i recently found this website and i have been lurking for the past two weeks.
so... hello!

definitely interested in a few group buys to make my wallet destruct.
and collecting a few key caps here and there.

i have been using a model M for most of my life, but many years ago someone had given me a cherry G80-1800 with brown switches.
i still use it every once in a while. but the layout of the keys always kind of drove me crazy, really its just those arrow keys.
but i do love using cherry switches.

but my pride and joy is a portable 286 machine "cherry puter." its got milky switches.
and cherry branding all over it
99381-0

last week, i had gone into a computer thrift store and bought two old terminal keyboards, with cherry mx black switches.
and now i just want to mod one to give it more keys, gut the pcb, and rewire it with the teensy.
99383-1

i think my next step will be to buy some cherry mx green switches, and build something from scratch.

but then again, i always overwhelm myself with many projects.
lets just hope i don't ramble on as much in my other posts from here on out.
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Offline rowdy

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Re: hello!
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:37:17 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

For a moment I thought that was a Dolch PAC you had - that luggable.  What colour are the keycaps?  Loks kinda Dolch-ish ...

If the terminal keyboard is old enough, it might even have the silky smooth vintage blacks in it!
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Offline rm-rf

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Re: hello!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:54:22 »
thanks!

the portable machine is dark olive with orange text, and slightly green beige with white text ,
i may have to pull the caps from it for a future build.

as for the two terminal keyboards type pretty smooth, they feel like they have never been used as per each keystroke. there was no stickers/labels to identify them.
when i get back home i will have to open it up again and get some numbers off the pcb.
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Offline smknjoe

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Re: hello!
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:57:06 »
I like your handle.
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Offline rowdy

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Re: hello!
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:35:41 »
Quote from: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 21:57:06
I like your handle.

Many Unices now include a --no-preserve-root option that must be included for this to have effect.

Not that the command really makes sense - as superuser you'd be up for a reinstall anyway, so why not just reformat in the first place :p
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Offline Flyersfan1

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Re: hello!
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:36:53 »
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss, another Philadelphian!

Welcome brother, hope you enjoy your time here! :)

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Offline smknjoe

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Re: hello!
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:45:39 »
rowdy...you been hitting some of that Durban Poison?;)

His/her handle is "rm -rf" not "rm -rf /". I just took it as a nod to *nix and nothing more. :p
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Offline rowdy

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Re: hello!
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 04 May 2015, 02:03:46 »
Quote from: smknjoe on Sun, 03 May 2015, 22:45:39
rowdy...you been hitting some of that Durban Poison?;)

His/her handle is "rm -rf" not "rm -rf /". I just took it as a nod to *nix and nothing more. :p

Probably, I got too excited at short notice.

Again :))
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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Offline LXXXIX

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Re: hello!
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 04 May 2015, 07:18:40 »
Welcome to GH! I like the weird layout of the second keyboard for sure. There's definitely many chances to wreck your wallet on here. Good luck! :D
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